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ALBERT M. GRUBBS, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FREDRIO STUART, OF SAME PLACE.

SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,002, dated January 1, 1901. Application'iled October 16l 1899. Serial No. 73 3,841. (No model.)

T0 LH whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. GRUBBS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons; and` I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in sad-irons of the detachable-handle type, the object being to so construct the device as to securethe advantage of a detachable cold handle adapted to hold the iron more firmly and to be attached and detached more easily than those in general use.

The nature of the invention is fully disclosed in the description and claimsfollowing, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view in perspective of a sadiron embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a section of the handle cross-bar and catch-plate in the line o, b as seen from the right. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section on line c d of Fig. 3, showing the arrangement of the depending lug on the handle cross-bar and its connections.

the handle cross-bar D, as shown in Fig. l.

The purpose of the ribs is to make an airspace between the top of the sad-iron and the handle cross-bar for the sake of keeping the latter comparatively cool.

The handle E is of wood, being a segment of a ring. This at the back end is attached near the body of the cross-bar by a screw F in the usual way. At the frontend the crossbar has an upward extension D', curved to form a part of the general semicircle of the handle. This standard D' is slotted at'D2 to receive a spring G, secured to a bridge D3 at the upper end. and by the same screw H byV which the front end ot' the handle is attached 5 5"- to thebridge. The spring depends, as shown in Fig. 2, and at the lower end engages the forward end of the catch-plate I, as bya slot through the front end of said plate. In the middle of the cross-bar is a longitudinal slot 6o D4, which at the back end is widened, so as to take the T-head of the hook I2, depending from the catch-plate, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Adjacent to the slot are depending lugs D5, adapted to iit neatly in the transverse slot in the top plate and tapered toward the lower ends, so as to be easily insertible therein. The catch-plate is mounted on the cross-bar over the slot just described. 'On

the under side it is provided with a T-headed 7o top plate, as shown inFig. 2, and holds the handle and iron securely together. A depending rib I4 of the same width as the neck ofthe hook fits in the forward portion of the slot D4, and a shoulder I5 limits its forward I movement. linger-piece J by a screw K or the like. This finger-piece should be of wood or other suitable non-conductor of heat.

It is to be noted that the sole purpose of the hook is to connect the handle and sadiron, so that the handle will not lift off the iron-that is to say, its sole purpose as respects the sad-iron. The entire end thrust of the handle is taken by the lugs D5, and

consequently the spring which actuates the 9o catch-plate may be so light as to afford little resistance to the linger of the operator. This makes the detaching of the handle very easy by a backward push of the thumb or one of the lingers of the operator.-

handle with the iron, it is but necessary to insert the lugs D5 in the slot in the top plate and push down.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new., and desire to secure by Letters roo Patent, is-

1. The combination with an iron provided Above the hook is attached a 8o To connect the l with a recess or cavity in its upper side undercut as shown, and with raised, transverse ribs provided With cross-barretaining shoulders, of a detachable holder comprising in part a cross-bar having a slot to 'rake a catch-plate, with lugs each side thereof adapted to fit the recess in the iron, Vand a sliding catch-plate mounted on the cross-bar and provided With a depending hook adapted to engage the undercut recess in the iron, substantially as described.

2. The combination with an iron having a central, handle-holding cavity and raised, transverse ribs with terminal shoulders at opposite sides of said cavity, of a handle crossbar adapted to be removably seated on said ribs and held by their shoulders laterally, a handle attached to said cross-bar, lugs depending from the cross-bar into said cavity, a spring-actuated catch-plate having a lip to engage the edge of the cavity, and a lingerpieee for moving the catch-plate against the pressure of the spring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a sad-iron, the combination with the iron having a cavity in its upper side to engage a depending portion ol the holder, and a holder comprising a curved, non-conducting handle, a cross-bar attached thereto provided at one end with a standard forming a continuation of the curve of the handle, and With depending lugs to fit the cavity in the iron, a sliding catch-plate mounted on said cross-bar, having a depending hook to engage the 1lron, a finger-piece by which to disengage it, and a spring attached to said standard and engaging said catch-plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT M. GRUBBS.

Witnesses:

J. M. ST. JOHN, J UDsoN A. KRAMER. 

